It’s a small thing, but something I really appreciate. When saving or renaming a file in OS X just the name portion, not the extension, is selected. To change the name all I have to do is start typing. The file save dialog: When renaming a file: Windows Vista selects everything, including the extension, Although the extension is automatically added back when the file is saved, it’s not quit as intuitive and it is less efficient if all I want to to is append a version number to the file. [...] Read the rest »
OS X 10.5.2 Part II
I’d been having some minor problems on my MacBook since I upgrade it to OS X 10.5.2 that seemed related to .Mac syncing with my OS X 10.5.1 iMac. So rather than waiting for the weekend to upgrade my primary machine I decided to do it tonight. The problems I was having were minor but annoying. I had to turn of .Mac syncing of the Dock because the two updated Dock items, Documents and Downloads, always displayed conflict errors. The second problem may not be related to the upgrade since [...] Read the rest »
Apple OS X 10.5.2 Leopard Graphics Update 1.0
Apple released a graphics update in conjunction with OS X 10.5.2 which is required for the graphics update. Apple describes the update as “Leopard Graphics Update is recommended for all users and improves the stability and compatibility of your Mac. This update requires Mac OS X 10.5.2.” Not a lot in the way of details. A restart is needed and it was a 43MB download through Software Update on my Intel MacBook. It’s also available as a 48MB standalone update. I installed the update on my Intel MacBook. Like the [...] Read the rest »
OS X 10.5.2 Released
The updates continue with Apple releasing OS X 10.5.2 onMonday. The release notes are here and the security updates are described here. I installed it on my MacBook a short while ago and had a few minor issues. The update itself went fine. It’s a 180MB download through Software Update on my Intel MacBook. The install requires a reboot and like the 10.5.1 update the system can’t be used while the update is being applied and a restart is required. The install took about 5 minutes (not including download time) [...] Read the rest »
Apple OS X 10.4.11 Update Released
Apple has released the 10.4.11 update for Tiger. It includes Safari 3 (no longer beta), additional camera Raw support and numerous other updates. In a departure, it has incredibly complete release notes. Since I upgraded everything to leopard I won’t be trying this one out. It’s available through Software update or as standlone downloads. Read the rest »
OS X 10.5 Leopard Gets Official
Apple made an October 26th release of OS X 10.5 Leopard official today when they updated their store and made it available for pre-order. It’s priced at $129 for a single user and $199 for a Family Pack. The Family pack allows installation on up to 5 computers in the same household. True to past history, there’s no upgrade pricing. Apple also announced the terms for their Leopard Up-To-Date program. Anyone who bought a Mac with 10.4 after October 1st can get a free upgrade. In additon, Mac purchases made [...] Read the rest »
FAT32: Windows <-> OS X
My MacBook is setup to to dual-boot OS X and Windows Vista (using Apple’s Boot Camp), It can also run Vista under VMWare Fusion. I wanted to reformat my Maxtor OneTouch external drive so that I could use it for both OS’s on my MacBook. The Maxtor had been exclusively Mac therefore formatted with the Mac OS Extended file system. Format Recap Mac OS Extended: The format that’s “native” to OS X. Windows Vista cannot handle this format at all. FAT16: The original disk format. Windows and OS X can [...] Read the rest »
Apple Patches – and Patches – and Patches
Apple released a boatload of patches at the end of July and another one today. I finally finished all my patching. I better finish this post quickly, before another patch arrives. So to get into it… I started on Thursday with Pro Application Support 4.0.1. Unaware of what was to follow I gave the patch its own post. Then the floodgates opened so we’ll combine the next four patches into one post. OS X Security Update 2007-007 Apple released OS X Security Update 2007-007 on the last day of July [...] Read the rest »
OS X 10.4.10 Wireless Issues Resolved
I finally got around to researching the wireless problem that surfaced after I applied the OS X 10.4.10 update. In short, every time the computer booted, or woke from sleep I’d have to reconfigure the wireless network. For wireless I use 802.11g with WPA for security. The solution was simple. I deleted the network from my preferred network list then re-added it. Since then it’s worked much better, almost perfect. Waking from sleep is problem free. But, booting up fresh sometimes takes several minutes to join the network. Since I [...] Read the rest »
Western Digital My Book Moved to iMac
I’ve had my 500GB Western Digital My Book drive for over a month and just got around to moving it to my Mac after testing in on my Windows PC. Click on the previous link to go to my post where I write about the drive and installing it under Windows.My intent all along was to use it as a drive dedicated to my iMac. Because of this I want to reformat the drive using HFS+ [Mac OS Extended (Journaled)] file system rather than FAT32. If you want to move [...] Read the rest »